TUE 29 DEC 1942
Pacific
High speed minesweeper Wasmuth (DMS-15) is sunk by explosion of two of her own depth charges during a gale, 35 miles off Scotch Cape, the southwest point of Unimak Island, Aleutians.
Mine laid by submarine Tambor (SS-198) on 2 November 1942, sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Fukken Maru off northwest coast of Hainan Island, 20°04'N, 109°18'E.
Friday, December 29, 2017
Nature Explodes Minesweeper During Gale; Fukken Maru Sunk
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